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Nightmare on the 21st Floor

A. Kam Napier,

Things HONOLULU Magazine's editor learned while trying, mainly failing, to fix up an older apartment.

Unsolicited Advice: Get Squared Away

A. Kam Napier,

HONOLULU Magazine editor A. Kam Napier offers some advice to plumbers, electricians, tub refinishers and handymen in Hawaii.

Kakaako's newest pop-up venue: Taste

Martha Cheng,

Taste, a pop-up venue, isn’t a restaurant itself, but a host to new concepts.

Retirement: Planning & Living

Site Staff,

Retirement can be the beginning of the best years of your life—but you’ll need a good plan. Use these tips from local experts to start your journey.

Mochi and marshmallows get makeovers

Martha Cheng,

What could possibly make mochi and marshmallows even better? How about chocolate mochi wrapped around a Waialua dark, salted chocolate truffle or mochi sandwiches spread with peanut butter and azuki? Or marshmallows in flavors of salted caramel, lilikoi and raspberry lemon drop?

Gourmet Style

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Ingredients for the perfect backyard barbecue: top-of-the-line tools, island-inspired accessories, delicious dishes and great company. Here’s how to get the party started.

Bar report: The Study in the Modern Honolulu

Ry Wong,

The Study, as a concept, doesn’t hit any home runs … and don’t most people drink to get away from school and studying?

Seven&i Japanese snacks at 7-Eleven

Martha Cheng,

A new line of 11 different snacks and cookies from Japan

First look: Mango Days Sweets Cafe

Martha Cheng,

This mango-centric cafe has mangoes for days

UH Manoa Senior Fashion Show

Photos: Tommy Shih,

University of Hawaii at Manoa hosted Zeitgeist, a student fashion show featuring designs by the following Apparel Product Design & Merchandising Program seniors: Breanne Lee, Jenna Sato, Kitti Kurokawa, Bejan Moers, Mari Nakamura, Patricia Clariza, and Jazmine Nakamura. For Lei Chic's highlights and review, click here.

New: Rinka, a Japanese restaurant in Honolulu

Martha Cheng,

The menu is long, at turns comforting (spicy pork hot pot) and unexpected (abalone croquette). Sushi and sashimi is skippable.

What Special Education looks like now in Hawaii's Public Schools

Site Staff,

It’s been 20 years since a class-action lawsuit forced the state to dramatically overhaul the way it provided special-education services to the students who needed them. Two decades after the Felix consent decree, here is what special education looks like in Hawai‘i’s schools today.